Murray Central station is a light rail and

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station in

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served by the Blue Line and Red Line of

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's (UTA) TRAX light rail system that operates in

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and by the ''

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'', UTA's commuter rail train that operates along the

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with service from Ogden in central Weber County through

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, and Salt Lake County to Provo in central

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. The ''FrontRunner'' portion of the station is part of the ''FrontRunner'' South extension. The Blue Line provides service from

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south to

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. The Red Line provides service from the

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to the

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. The station is situated immediately west of the

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complex.

Description

The TRAX portion of the station is located at 5144 Cottonwood Street and is accessed from either East Vine Street on the north or West 5300 South ( SR-173/Spartan Street) at 100 West. The ''FrontRunner'' portion of the station is located at 140 East Vine Street. However, both TRAX and the ''FrontRunner'' platforms can be accessed from either parking lot. To the east of the station is the Intermountain Medical Center, with its large parking lot. Between the two free

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lots, there are nearly 1,100 parking spaces available. The adjacent Intermoutain Medical Center was built on the site of the former Murray Smelter. The

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is across

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to the northeast. The station is located within the Quiet Zone, so trains do not routinely sound their horns when approaching public crossings within this corridor. The TRAX portion of the station opened on December 4, 1999 and the ''FrontRunner'' portion opened, along with the rest of the ''FrontRunner'' South, on December 10, 2012.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Murray Central (UTA station) Railway stations in the United States opened in 2008 Railway stations in the United States opened in 2012 Railway stations in Salt Lake County, Utah TRAX (light rail) stations 1999 establishments in Utah